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The table in this article states the chances as 1 in 2.3, 49, 1176, …, 13983816, while Lottery mathematics#Odds of getting other possibilities in choosing 6 from 49 states these as 1 in 2.2938, 2.4212, …, 13983816. This needs a clarification. -- Paddu ( talk) 07:12, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
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Under the section "England, 1566–1826" there is an error in one sentence. The sentence begins:
The 400,000 tickets issued cost £0.50 each
It should read
The 400,000 tickets issued cost 10 shillings (£0.50) each 86.20.82.23 ( talk) 21:37, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Already edited the lottery records page but this is protected for some reason so someone else has to do it for me. The jackpot is 371.1 million€ gross, 296,8€ net won in the SuperEnalotto lottery today. Sources:
(secondary) https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/02/16/news/superenalotto_centrato_il_6-388363602/
(primary) https://www.superenalotto.it/archivio-estrazioni/concorso-20/16-febbraio-2023 79.41.79.100 ( talk) 20:39, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
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In Vietnam, there are two types of lotteries: the traditional lottery, which is separated by provincial scale, and the electronic lottery (notably such as Vietlott). The Ministry of Finance manages provincial lottery companies, [1] and these lottery companies conduct lottery draws and award the winners. [2]
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In Vietnam, there are two types of lotteries: the traditional lottery (snip link spam), which is separated by provincial scale, and the electronic lottery (notably such as Vietlott). The Ministry of Finance manages provincial lottery companies, [3] and these lottery companies conduct lottery draws and award the winners. [2] Xsvietnam ( talk) 08:45, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
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@ Oknazevad: Did you find anything to suggest that site meets the requirements of WP:RS? As far as I can see, it's a run-of-the-mill content farm built around lottery results and affiliate links. There are countless sites like this and spammers are continually trying to insert them into our articles on lotteries. Toohool ( talk) 14:09, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
A sentence in the Classical History section reads:
"From the Chinese Book of Songs… comes a reference to a game of chance as "the drawing of wood", which in context appears to describe the drawing of lots."
This seems false. I’ve checked the Book of Songs, and phrase "the drawing of wood" is not there. I’ve also checked similar words/phrases – and every instance of the word wood.
I’m not an experienced editor so don’t want to delete without discussion. Any views?
The Book of Songs (Shi Jing) University of Virginia https://cti.lib.virginia.edu/shijing/AnoShih.html MarcuH ( talk) 13:30, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
People's Postcode Lottery was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 31 March 2022 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Lottery. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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The table in this article states the chances as 1 in 2.3, 49, 1176, …, 13983816, while Lottery mathematics#Odds of getting other possibilities in choosing 6 from 49 states these as 1 in 2.2938, 2.4212, …, 13983816. This needs a clarification. -- Paddu ( talk) 07:12, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 September 2022 and 8 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): XingboGao ( article contribs).
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Under the section "England, 1566–1826" there is an error in one sentence. The sentence begins:
The 400,000 tickets issued cost £0.50 each
It should read
The 400,000 tickets issued cost 10 shillings (£0.50) each 86.20.82.23 ( talk) 21:37, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Already edited the lottery records page but this is protected for some reason so someone else has to do it for me. The jackpot is 371.1 million€ gross, 296,8€ net won in the SuperEnalotto lottery today. Sources:
(secondary) https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/02/16/news/superenalotto_centrato_il_6-388363602/
(primary) https://www.superenalotto.it/archivio-estrazioni/concorso-20/16-febbraio-2023 79.41.79.100 ( talk) 20:39, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
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In Vietnam, there are two types of lotteries: the traditional lottery, which is separated by provincial scale, and the electronic lottery (notably such as Vietlott). The Ministry of Finance manages provincial lottery companies, [1] and these lottery companies conduct lottery draws and award the winners. [2]
To
In Vietnam, there are two types of lotteries: the traditional lottery (snip link spam), which is separated by provincial scale, and the electronic lottery (notably such as Vietlott). The Ministry of Finance manages provincial lottery companies, [3] and these lottery companies conduct lottery draws and award the winners. [2] Xsvietnam ( talk) 08:45, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
References
@ Oknazevad: Did you find anything to suggest that site meets the requirements of WP:RS? As far as I can see, it's a run-of-the-mill content farm built around lottery results and affiliate links. There are countless sites like this and spammers are continually trying to insert them into our articles on lotteries. Toohool ( talk) 14:09, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
A sentence in the Classical History section reads:
"From the Chinese Book of Songs… comes a reference to a game of chance as "the drawing of wood", which in context appears to describe the drawing of lots."
This seems false. I’ve checked the Book of Songs, and phrase "the drawing of wood" is not there. I’ve also checked similar words/phrases – and every instance of the word wood.
I’m not an experienced editor so don’t want to delete without discussion. Any views?
The Book of Songs (Shi Jing) University of Virginia https://cti.lib.virginia.edu/shijing/AnoShih.html MarcuH ( talk) 13:30, 26 July 2023 (UTC)